Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Henry "Larry" Summersis an American economist who is President Emeritus and Charles W. Eliot University Professor of Harvard University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 November 1954
CountryUnited States of America
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What is happening in India and China... The integration of the four-fifths of the world where people are poor with the one fifth of the world where people are rich, has the potential to be one of the three most important economic events in the last millennium, alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution.
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The government has done its part, now it's time that people do their part, ... We have never, in our country, had a moment of economic expansion as strong as the present. So right now it is critical to plan for future.
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The success of the India-US relations depends on connections in other fields. The experiences of young people will shape the future of the India-US relations.
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Takeovers wouldn't cause the stock market to rise unless there is an upward reassessment of earnings (potential). People are more optimistic and confident about the future.
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We are inheriting the worst financial system since the Depression. We're inheriting a situation - when people go back and study major banking crises a quarter century from now, the one that America developed in 2007 and 2008 is going to be one of those crises
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I promise you that there are a lot of people involved in various kinds of retail activities who think they have a crucial role in the economy, and they're right.
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In Europe, the stronger growth and reductions in unemployment are now arriving, ... But for better performance to endure, Europe will require substantial structural reforms.
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Increases in capacity, along with improvements in productivity performance, have made possible increases in living standards without inappropriate inflationary pressures,
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TARGETING POOR ZIP CODES. This is a clear and unambiguous commitment.
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sharp rise in the price of oil is an important concern for consumers and businesses around the world, and has the potential to hit developing countries particularly hard.
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The IRS needs to be more responsive to taxpayers, to use technology more effectively and to be more efficient,
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The IRS faces a multitude of restrictions -- restrictions that would be unacceptable in the private sector -- that hamper its ability to provide efficient service,
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It used to be said that when the U.S. sneezed, the world caught a cold. The opposite is equally true today.
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There can be no successful economic development without economic growth, ... There have never been greater technological opportunities to promote convergence than there are today.